Improvement in toy trundles and bells



W. F. STARR.

TOY TRUNDLE AND BELL.

No.170,912. Patented Dec. 7 ,1875.

ILPEIERS, PHQWLITHGGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. n. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILBUB F. STARR, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY TRUNDLES AND BELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 70,912, dated December 7, 1875; application filed September 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W LBUR F. STARR, of East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Toy Bell; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings-constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, side view Fig. 2, rear view.

This invention relates to the construction of a trundling toy, having a bell combined with it, so that the trundling imparts a vibratory or oscillating movementto the bell,andcauses it to ring; and it consists in a carriage body or frame, one end supported upon wheels, the

other end by a dragging-Heap, combined with a bell arranged upon said carriage, so that the movement of the carriage will impartavibratory, swinging, or oscillating movement to the bell, as more fully hereinafter described.

A is the axle, to which are attached the two wheels B B, one or both rigid on the axle. The body or frame C of the carriage is preferably attached directly to the axle, but so as to allow the axle to turn freely, the forward end of the carriage supported by a neap, D, extending from the carriage downward, and

then turning upward, as shown. This maintains the carriage in a substantially horizontal position. A frame, E, extends up from the carriage, and forms a yoke to support the bell F. To make the ringing positive a crank,

G, is formed in the axle, and from'this a rod, H, extends to an arm, I, on the bell, so i 

